Our Sacramental Life

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs:

Liturgical catechesis aims to initiate people into the mystery of Christ (”It is mystagogy.”) by proceeding from the visible to the invisible, from the sign to the thing signified, from the “sacraments” to the “mysteries.”

Drawing on the above instruction, the unifying theme of OUR SACRAMENTAL LIFE: Living and Worshiping in Christ is centered in an emphasis on mystery and mystagogy.

In exploring sacramental life, as communicating the mystery of God, the inaccessible and incomprehensible are both made accessible and comprehensible for teenage students.

Our Sacramental Life

Your Life in Christ: Foundations of Catholic Morality focuses on the essential message of Christ’s moral teaching, the importance of love of God and love of neighbor and presents it in a way that is clear and applicable to the lives of today’s teens.

This text accomplishes a formidable task-to teach Catholic morality in a contemporary culture where religious indifference is at an all-time high, where human rights are violated in many places, and where there is a rise of “ethical relativism” which divides any fixed moral reference point to guide political and social life.

- covers the major points of the “Life in Christ” section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
- for many schools this will be the companion text to “Catholic Social Teaching”.

Foundations of Catholic Morality

When Children Love to Learn

They’re hallmarks of childhood. The endless “why” questions. The desire to touch and taste everything. The curiosity and the observations.

It can’t be denied-children have an inherent desire to know. Teachers and parents can either encourage this natural inquisitiveness or squelch it. There is joy in the classroom when children learn-not to take a test, not to get a grade, not to compete with each other, and not to please their parents or their teachers-but because they want to know about the world around them!

Both Christian educators and parents will find proven help in creating a positive learning atmosphere through methods pioneered by Charlotte Mason that show how to develop a child’s natural love of learning. The professional educators, administrators, and Mason supporters contributing to this volume give useful applications that work in a variety of educational settings, from Christian schools to homeschools.

A practical follow-up to Crossway’s For the Children’s Sake, this book follows a tradition of giving serious thought to what education is, so that children will be learning for life and for everlasting life.

When Children Love to Learn